We celebrate Medical Research Week with a live broadcast from the
Melbourne Museum.
Fay Khong, Ph.D student at St Vincent's Hospital, drops by to chat
about her research into the effect of diabetes on the heart,
Dr
Tom Brodnicki from the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research discusses environmental and genetics factors that
contribute to juvenile diabetes, as well as his non-obese diabetic
(NAD) mouse model, and, finally,
Dr Vance Matthews from the Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute
looks at the link between obesity and diabetes, as well as his
research into overcoming insulin resistance. Dr Andi also finds
that the back of Chris KP's hand is chock-a-block with pain
sensors, oil glands, nerves, sweat glands, blood vessels - and
quite a few hairs.